BBC - Morrisons & Tesco withdraw fuel

No wonder our education system has managed to churn out a whole generation of illiterates, if the teachers can't get it right.

It would appear there is some latitude in the usage of "it's". Here is one of a number of discourses extracted from the alt.usage.english newsgroup.

My favourite was from many years ago, a tyre place in Sheffield had a big sign on the end of the building proclaiming...

"PUNCHERS REPAIRED"

I thought it was a rehabilitation centre for the likes of Frank Bruno.

BobC

You never make misteaks :-)

Tony

LOL!

Trouble is, folk pronounce words lazily; they actually say "puncher".

The word I find the most irritating is "samwidge", apparently meaning a snack based on sliced bread :-)

Chris

What could they do - make guesses ?

From Harvest Energy -

"Harvest Energy?s testing confirms that its petrol reaches the European and British specification BS EN 228 for unleaded fuel. However, the specification does not include a test for silicon, as it is not an element that would normally be expected to be present within finished grade petrol or blend components, and for this reason its presence was not detected prior to sale."

Because they're not.

Daytona

The drivers with damaged cars have a valid claim against tesco as the retailer. Tesco however have just as valid a claim against their suppliers so they won't lose out at all

Er, "Jim's Toyota" is perfectly normal use of the apostrophe to indicate the Toyota belongs to Jim. "It's" is more like "Don't", it indicates an abbreviation.